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[ts-7000] Re: Kernel loading from CF card

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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: Kernel loading from CF card
From: "makynenh" <>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:34:35 -0000
I still have following problem:
e2fs_open: e2fs_inode_lookup failed
Can't load 'hda1:/vmlinux.bin': Can't open file

Do you have any idea what could be the reason for this?

--- In  Jim Jackson <> wrote:
>
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, Curtis Monroe wrote:
> 
> > The TS7250 does not have a CF card reader.
> > The TS7200 does have the CF card reader but RedBoot does not know 
about it
> > (from what I understand).
> 
> You are wrong - redboot on the ts7200 DOES know about the CFDISK.
> What I said is accurate.......
> 
> > > on ts7200, to boot a kernel from CFDISK and use the cfdisk as 
the root
> > > file system...
> > >
> > >  load -r -b 0x00218000 -m disk hda1:/vmlinux.bin
> > >  exec -c "console=ttyAM0,115200 root=/dev/hda1"
> > >
> > > as long as the the kernel is in the file /vmlinux.bin on the 
cfdisk.
> > > The cfdisk should be an ext2 file system.
> 
> .... it is how my TS7200 is configured and works. The filesystem on 
the
> onboard flash is pretty much as delivered by technologics - my 
modified
> kernels, filesystems and tools are on a few 32M CFDISK flash cards 
that I
> can swap to give the board different "personalities" after reboot. 
It is
> THE big advantage of the ts7200 board.
> 
> re. 7250, I was assuming that what was meant was the use of a USB 
CFDISK
> reader.
> 
> > You can boot the kernel from the internal NOR flash on the 
TS7200, and then
> > store the root drive on the CF. But without adding CF support to 
RedBoot you
> > can't boot the kernel from CF.
> >
> > -Curtis.
> >
> >
> > On December 16, 2005 01:02 pm, Jim Jackson wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, makynenh wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is it possible to load kernel from CF in redboot or do I have 
to copy
> > > > it to "onboard flash"? I know that it is possible to load 
kernel from
> > > > tftp server, but I haven't configured server yet.
> > >
> > > It can be done with a ts7200. From what I hear, I don't think 
so for the
> > > ts7250.
> > >
> > > on ts7200, to boot a kernel from CFDISK and use the cfdisk as 
the root
> > > file system...
> > >
> > >  load -r -b 0x00218000 -m disk hda1:/vmlinux.bin
> > >  exec -c "console=ttyAM0,115200 root=/dev/hda1"
> > >
> > > as long as the the kernel is in the file /vmlinux.bin on the 
cfdisk.
> > > The cfdisk should be an ext2 file system.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>






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